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From the Los Angeles Riverbed to Safety

The latest LA County Pathway Home encampment resolution moved 26 individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness from multiple areas along the Los Angeles River in South Gate into safe interim housing, where they are now on a path to housing stability. This operation is the sixth operation to use funds from a $51 million state Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) grant awarded to the County in 2024.

More than 200 people experiencing homelessness are now indoors within the first year of the three-year effort co-funded by ERF and local sales tax revenues.

Pathway Home Highlighted 
at the National Conference

Homelessness advocates from across the country received a detailed look at the successful Pathway Home program at the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference, which was recently hosted in LA. Pathway Home leader Kimberly Barnette highlighted how LA County is leveraging state and federal dollars to deliver coordinated, equitable responses to homeless encampments and create direct pathways to housing for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Women-Focused Program in Skid Row
Makes Remarkable Progress

March is Women’s History Month, and we are proud to highlight a program that supports women experiencing homelessness.

Launched in 2021 and run in partnership with multiple County departments, the Downtown Women's Center, and LAHSA, the Every Woman Housed program is designed to meet the unique needs of women experiencing homelessness. To date, it has connected 1,147 women and gender-diverse people and 100 families with safe interim housing. Of those, 614 individuals and 57 families are now in permanent homes.

In the News

• LA Times: Keeping at-risk residents from losing their housing will be a key to solving homelessness
• LA Times: Gov. Newsom announces new funds to combat homelessness with accountability measures
  
• LA Times: Large majority of homeless people in California are not illicit drug users, study finds
• Good Good Good: Instead of a new jail, LA built a shipping container housing complex for homeless residents
  

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The Homeless Initiative is the central coordinating body for Los Angeles County’s effort to expand and enhance services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of losing their home. Created by the Board of Supervisors within the County's Chief Executive Office, the Homeless Initiative administers taxpayer funding to provide outreach to people living on the streets; interim housing, such as temporary shelters; permanent housing such as subsidized apartments; and links to supportive services, such as healthcare, mental health care, substance use disorder treatment, job training and employment. It also offers homeless prevention services and works to increase the supply of affordable housing. The Homeless Initiative is currently overseeing the County’s urgent response to the homelessness emergency, which includes Pathway Home. 

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